Red-lored amazon / Rotstirnamazone (Amazona autumnalis)

Red-lored amazon eating blossoms. 2020-02-19 17:42:00 Panama

Observations

Only documented observation: 2020-02-19

Description

Classification: Genus Amazona (Amazona); Family Parrots (Psittacidae)
General: It's hard to overlook this parrot because of the incredible racket they make! In Manzanilla, Costa Rica, small groups of them (more properly called pandemoniums) flew past our house every morning and evening.
General: The red-lored amazon or red-lored parrot (Amazona autumnalis) is a species of amazon parrot, native to tropical regions of the Americas, from eastern Mexico south to Ecuador where it occurs in humid evergreen to semi-deciduous forests up to 1,100 m altitude. It is absent from the Pacific side of Central America north of Costa Rica. Not originally known from El Salvador, a pair - perhaps escaped from captivity - nested successfully in 1995 and 1996 in the outskirts of San Salvador^[2] and the species might expand its range permanently into that country in the future.^[3] This species has also established feral populations in several California cities.^[4] [more]